I heard Jenny Jones (Green, London Assembly) wittering on the radio about how this situation will "regrettably" mean increased funding for the police, which apparently is a bad thing in her eyes. It is this type of soppy middle-class thinking that plays right into the hands of the criminals.
Plod should be out with water cannon and plastic bullets and all robbers nicked and incarcerated (no prison space? No worries, commandeer a football stadium and stick them on the pitch, a couple of nights out in the rain would dampen their spirits. These individuals are mindless, feral scum who have no interest in working and unfortunately breed like rabbits to produce more mindless, feral scum.
Enough is enough.

Well I think that the issue around the suggestion of more funding of the police is that it's coming out of a limited pot of money. So a relatively small group of people will be causing money going from money supporting the general public to funding the police for one off events.

Well I think that the issue around the suggestion of more funding of the police is that it's coming out of a limited pot of money. So a relatively small group of people will be causing money going from money supporting the general public to funding the police for one off events.

Stop benefit payments to these morons and put that towards policing. Job done.